Hammock.



No. 656.534. Patented Aug. 2|, |900.

M. P. FISHBURN.

HAMMOCK.

[Application filed Apr. 30, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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UNrTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

`MOSES I. FISHBURN, OF YELLVILLE, ARKANSAS.

HAMMOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 656,534, dated August21, 1900.

Application inea Apa130,1900. sain No. 14,910. (No man.)

To @ZZ 1071/0712, it may concern:

Be it known that I, MOSES P. FISHBURN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Yellville, in the county of Marion and State of Arkansas,have invented a' new and useful Hammock, of which the following is aspeciication.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inhammocks; and it has for its object, among others, to provide simple andefficient means for spreading and suspending a ham mock in a strong anddurable manner and which wi-ll always' retain fits shape and will not besubject to wear by abrasion or injury by exposure to the elements vorWeather, as in the ordinary hammock employing ropes and cords forsuspending purposes.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of theseveral parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a hammock shownsuspended and embodying the features of the invention. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of a combined spreader and suspending attachment on anenlarged scale and embodying the features of the invention. Fig. 3 is aview similar to Fig. 2 of a slightly-modified form of the combinedspreader and suspending attachment. Fig. 4 is a transverse verticalsection on the line 4 4, Fig. 3.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts in the several views.

The numeral l designates a body which is preferably made of aclosely-Woven fabric, and in the opposite ends thereof spreader bars orrods 2 are secured and formed from suitable hard wood.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 1 and 2,

each spreader-bar has a wire 3 wound around the same inwardly a suitabledistance, as at 4, and secured by staples 5 and 6 at the beginning andending of the winding. From the sta-ple 6 the wire is directed inwardlyclose to the surface of the bar and at the center of the latter is againwound, as at 7, and then continued outwardlyin a straight length S atany angle and in accordance with the height of the body 1 or theposition of the bar 2 the said wire is then bent inwardly at an angle,as at 13, and meets the straight length 3 at the center. An oppositeWire 14 is arranged in all particulars similar to the Wire 3 justdescribed, with the the exception that the portion thereof which runsinwardly toward the center is secured by a staple 15 and also crossesthe central bends of the other wire and has its inner terminal 16 bentat an angle and embedded inv the bar and acts to hold the central bends7 of the wire 3 in xed position. The wire 14 is also bent from the endof the bar 2 at an inward angle and meets the wine 3 over the straightlength 8, and both extremities of the wires 3 and 14 are then twistedaround the extremity of the said length 8, thus interlocking with thelatter. The terminals of the wires 3 and lat are then bent into an eye17, to which is fitted a suitable wear-strip lSand having therein a ring19 for easy coupling and uncoupling operations relatively to a hook 20.By means of the construction set forth it will be observed that thestrain on the spreader-bar at each end of the hammock-body 1 Will beequalized, and the wire suspending devices will produce a stron g anddurable attachment for a hammock to overcome the numerous disadvantagesheretofore encountered in the ordinary forms of hammock-suspendingdevices. In Fig. 3 the wires 3 and 14 are similarly arranged, but thecentral straight length isdispensed with, and the inwardlyextendingportions 2l and 22 have interlocking eyes 23 at their inner terminals.For many uses this latter form of the device will loe found veryefficient, but it will be understood that the first-described form ispreferable because of the additional reinforce.

Though the preferred form of the device in two constructions has been`shown and described, it will be understood that changes in the form,size, proportions, and minor de- TOO tails may be made without departingfrom the vspirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. Aspreader-bar for a hammock provided With a Wire suspending attachmenthaving portions bent around the opposite extremities of the bar andextended outward and converged from the latter and 'intertWsted, theextremities of the Wire being carried along close to the bar andconnected at an intermediate point on the latter.

2. A spreader-bar for a hammock provided with a Wire suspendingattachment having portions bent around the bar near the outer saidintertwisted portions of the other extremities.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MOSES P. FISHBURN. Witnesses:

A. B. LINSLEY, J. E. WICKERSHAM.

